…bed and breakfast. We hadn’t yet found the regular coffee. Travels within TN. Love Chattanooga, it has a shop that has the rare good chocolate chip scone. Touristy trails, and small town parks with caves. Around winter solstice a walk with a childhood friend by a Nashville boom pasture: Winter rains, trains, and clear, cool … More Bread, brie, and caffeine-free coffee in the bred and breakfast…
A little bit of hiking early September. It was still a little warm in the Appalachian Plateau. Along the south fork or the Cumberland. It made me miss PNW streams a little because of how low-flow this fork of the river was: Nice tile work though: Much more local mountain biking here. Near a bmx … More hiking, motorcycling, cafes
It seems prosecutors should have an easy job arguing Trump wasn’t carrying out official acts with his crimes. He played golf while president, urinated presumably multiple times daily while president, and squatted on/near the capitol grounds to convince a crowd to attack congress and the VP while still technically president. None of these was an … More SCOTUS, US supreme court decision, presidential immunity, democrats, republicans, neocons
A little biking and hiking lately. A view from the greenway at the turbid Cumberland: And lower, at river level, high water was pushing into the tributary: I’m pretty sure this is a harmless gray snake I crossed paths with: Then took a peek at downtown before a u-turn: No backpacking yet, but fun car … More biking, car camping, greenways, ice cream, urban wildlife
“Trump’s fellow Republicans quickly condemned the verdict. “Today is a shameful day in American history, [although I cannot with a straight face explain or justify this statement, because doing so would first require normalizing crime, which I’m still trying to do before November]” House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said in a prepared statement.” [Except … More Quotes with Brackets
…the aftermath of Alito’s Flag Days, with the continued pitting of the Republican nationalist side against the Democrat’s “democratic” one in congress, state offices, and communities. Draws more votes to the two wings (Democrat, Republican) of what’s realistically one party, and away from other parties. The sowed division and tension draws votes to the two … More It smells of charade…
Took a blur of a late April cross-country drive, alternating between hotels and sleeping in the truck next to RVs and longhaul trucks for four nights. Hotels are nice, but extra work compared to overnighting with the RVers and truckers. Started out retracing a route into NE Oregon, past a friend’s town, then through the … More driving, family, midwest, trucker
A southern California visit was short and packed with family time. I don’t remember appreciating the mountains there during childhood visits. The visit also reminded me that their town, or at least neighborhood life is quite car-based when my uncle pointed out that one of his neighbors walks quite a few blocks for grocery shopping … More mountains, family, infrastructure, walking, hiking
“Describing the conflict in Gaza as ‘gutwrenching’, [US secretary of state] Blinken said what was needed to resolve the situation was a Palestinian state with a government structure ‘that gives people what they want and works with Israel to be effective.’ [Further, he said or thought ‘And while this is a worthy goal to pursue … More Quotes with Brackets
” “COVID-19 is over, and Nebraska taxpayers expect that pandemic-era government relief programs will end too [, even if the kids lunch program should have been in place even without, and before, COVID. Plus, this is about kids’ hunger pangs more than it is about flu-like symptoms…and yeah, I know, it’s funding intended to feed … More Quotes with Brackets
Thoughts on Trails 